1 Vocabulary Exercises Directions:There are 500 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE that best complete the sentence. 1. Now that all her three children have gone _ to work or study, Mrs. Wang lives in Hongkong alone. A) aboard B) abroad C) board D) broad 2. Tom, why were you _ from school yesterday? -I got a bad cold and my mother took me to the doctors. A) absent B) present C) left D) lost 3. He found his uncle _ in the reading of the Sunday newspaper. A) interesting B) focused C) absorbed D) involving 4. Mary invited me to her birthday party last night, but since I had to look after my younger brother, I didnt her invitation. A) accept B) receive C) answer D) reply 5. Students have to the library during the vacation. A) admission B) allowance C) approval D) access 6. Last time I ran across Jack, my roommate in high school, by . A) action B) accident C) incident D) luck 7. While teaching a foreign language, we should take into _ the differences between the students mother tongue and the target language. A) thinking B) mind C) account D) count 8. 1 dont think anyone can me of being dishonest. A) accuse B) complain C) charge D) scold 9. The ability to use a language can be _only by the act of using the language. A) acquired B) required C) accompanied D) realized 10. _ language, maths and history, the children are also taught music and art. A) Beside B) Except C) In spite of D) In addition to 11. There was a serious water shortage in the area as there wasnt rain for nearly four months. A) plenty B) many C) adequate D) efficient 12. You cant see through a telescope unless it is _correctly to your sight. A) appointed B) adjusted C) operated D) shifted 13. The thief to taking the gold watch without paying for it. A) suggested B) managed C) tried D) admitted 14. The factory has new methods of producing high quality washing machines. A) adopted B) adapted C) raised D) increased 15. The farmers took of the fine weather to gather in the crops last week. A) chance B) hold C) advantage D) adventure 16. I dont think the snow will our plans for a picnic. A) affect B) effect C) infer D) differ 17. I do like this new car, but 1 cant it. Ive spent almost all my savings on the decoration of my house. A) obtain B) apply C) afford D) buy 18. The twins are so much that I cant tell which is which. A) likely B) unlike C) alike D) like 19. Children need many things, but they need love. A) above all B) after all C) all over D) at all 20. The boy was so interested in the radio that he took it to see how it runs. A) open B) part C) around D) apart 21. The scientists have _ to the government to take actions against pollution. A) announced B) appeared C) appealed D) approached 22. Scientific discoveries are often _ to industrial production methods. A) provided B) prepared C) applied D) appointed 23. Ive made an _ to see Dr. Lewis at 3 oclock this afternoon, A) appointment B) application C) attention D) apartment 24. He would much _ it if you could do him that favor. A) please B) satisfy C) thank D) appreciate 25. As winter _ the weather became colder. ? ? 2 A) nearby B) advanced C) passed by D) approached 26. She would never do anything that was not _ of by her parents. A) agreed B) appointed C) approved D) pleased 27. We should consider other of the problem as well as seriousness. A) sides B) areas C) aspects D) respects 28. The new line of the factory can produce 100 bicycles every day. A) assembly B) working C) collection D) producing 29. We naturally Einstein with the Theory of Relativity. A) accomplish B) appreciate C) accompany D) associate 30. A witness in a murder trial is to know the facts in the case. A) assumed B) resumed C) assured D) insured 31. Investigations us of the soundness of the plan. A) insured B) assured C) ensured D) reassured 32. The government of every country should great importance to environmental protection. A) attach B) approach C) pay D) spend 33. It would have been better to have concentrated on a few things rather than to so much at a time. A) attain B) attempt C) attend D) attract 34. There was a large _at the pop concert last night. A) viewers B) listeners C) audience D) incidence 35. Id like to have a table for four at 6 oclock. Im sorry. There are no tables this evening. A) available B) favorable C) ready D) prepared 36. It